Wednesday 31 October 2007

Signatures

Signatures are very important. Everyone should have some or at least one. After all, one needs to sign the timesheets and leave requests. Then there is the “Peeluu” register, the “Key out” register and the Item Requisition Form. I for one have to sign the Document Change Requests, Interview Evaluation Forms and Performance Appraisal Forms in addition.

What if there comes a “Gate Out Pass” register? What would one do if one does not have a signature? A thumb impression would not do. Such situations only call for signatures.

What is a signature by the way? According to me signatures are doodles that uniquely identify people at least in their own relevant documents. Signatures may help you to represent yourself uniquely. But at the same time someone else can also easily forge and ‘represent’ you. So if is so unsafe why use it? It has been the way of our ancestors, so I guess we have to follow.

Tuesday 16 October 2007

Green Parrot near Green Trust Tower

Today when i reached my office building and got out of the car after parking it in the parking lot, i heard a very sharp sound of a bird. I looked around and spotted a green parrot, perched up on a tree and "talking" its bird talk. It was a refreshing site as i didn't know we had birds, let alone parrots, in the parking lot of Green Trust Tower. I thought parrots only "visited" guava trees and attacked the just-ripe fruit. Since we have no guava trees near the building, it was strange seeing the bird in the surroundings.

It would be great if more parrots can visit. They would be totally camouflaged with the building because of the matching green colour (the glass of the building is green too and that's how it gets its name) and would be a rejuvenating site for the sore eyes of everybody locked up in the building.

Here is an open invitation to all parrots. They are welcome to visit any time they want :-D hehehe

Parrot in the Tree (Look closer and you will see it.)

Silly Idea: Paper Embroidery

On the day after the Eid, i had a holiday. (I was the only one who had one holiday, the rest of my family got two :'( boo hoo hooo) Anways, so rested a lot that day. But when i got tired of resting, lying down and lazing around i started thinking of some activity to help move my muscles. Exercise, no chance! TV, it's so boring during the holidays! Read a book, oh well i want to move muscles and not my pupils.

Then suddenly i got a strange idea. I had some paper in front of me along with my sewing needle and some balls of coloured thread. And i said to myself, "Eureka! Paper embroidery!". I just took a piece of paper and embroidered a little pink flower using lazy daisy on it. And then i made a stem for it with the stem stitch. It was nothing but was my achievement as i did all that on the paper without letting the paper get torn. ;-) And since it was my achievement, and i am telling you about it as well, so "naturally" had to show it to as well. Take a look!

Paper Embroidery

Not a very good image i guess and maybe u can't make out if it is really paper or not. Here is another snapshot my work and this time i made sure you can see the "lines" of the paper as well ;-)

Paper Embroidery - Proof it IS Paper

So there you go. Now you know i can come up with silly ideas and am capable of executing those as well. Keep on the lookout for more of my paper embroidery art.


Eid ul Fitr 2007

Sunday was Eid-ul-Fitr here. I am using the word "here" to use it in a broad sense as i can't say "here in Pakistan". In Pakistan we had Eid on Friday, then on Saturday and then finally on Sunday as well. Funny we Muslims are in majority in Pakistan and we call ourselves a nation but cannot get united even on celebration of joyous occasions like Eid.

I got some consolation when i heard that this time in the USA as well as in Europe, Muslims celebrated multiple Eids. I just hope this "multiple Eid" virus did not originate and spread from Pakistan. Now considering it did, how shameful would THAT be!

Thursday 11 October 2007

1937 E-Mails

See how many e-mails I have in my Outlook Inbox:

1937 E-Mails

One thousand nine hundered and thirthy seven!
Woah! I better get myself organized! Soon!

Trap for the Innocent

Just a few days ago, i received this e-mail on my Yahoo account:

A Trap for the Innocent

I am wondering how many more would have got this. And wondering even more that HOW MANY would have fallen prey to this!

Monday 8 October 2007

My "Reduced" Drawer

This is what my drawer has been reduced to after the rat attack:

My "reduced" Drawer

Thank God it is this small, otherwise it would have been a pain carrying it around.



Saturday 6 October 2007

Massive RAT Attack

On Thursday when I opened my office desk drawer, I was devastated by the sight I came across. My drawer had come across a massive attack by the rats the night before. They had not only nibbled on my stuff but had also left some “goodies” there. *sick* I was really angry to see all this. Angry at the rats, that why in the world did they attack only my drawer and not anybody else’s. And angry at the office management that why can’t they make proper permanent arrangements to prevent entry of rats. *grrrr*

Well I cleaned up my drawer, put all my stuff in a small box, and since then carrying it to and from the office. It’s a burden carrying the stuff, but I guess it’s the only way to keep it safe from the sneaky naughty rats. I wish my management would do something “solid” about the problem without me making it into an “issue” yet again.

Wednesday 3 October 2007

Attack of the Rats

Poor me! My desk drawer in the office has once again been raided by a rat or two. I don’t know what to do. The rats not only chew up my papers but also sharpen my pencils for me. Somebody please tell them that I already do have not one but THREE sharpeners, so I don’t need their services. Maybe they are social worker rats. They feel it an obligation to come and “clean up” my stuff.

Once they ate a sugar sachet in my drawer. Then they nibbled on my grape-flavoured Mentos. They didn’t even eat it. Just devoured the wrapper and crunched away the flavour coating. I had to throw the whole pack away, in fear of getting contaminated eatables into my system.

One thing I have noticed. Rats don’t like tea. Now you would be wondering, how I came to this conclusion. Well, while snacking on all my “eatables” in the drawer, the one thing they didn’t even touch were my Lipton Yellow Label tea bags. Strange but true! During all their little sneaky visits, not even once did I find a torn tea bag in my drawer. Maybe they think caffeine is bad for their health.

Whatever! I just want rats to be out of my drawer for ever. Can try setting up a mouse trap right under my desk, but wouldn’t that look funny?

Suggestions anyone!